Who's afraid of life extension?
Article Abstract:
The anti-aging medicine and life-technology as a contribution to an ideological crisis for gerontology is examined. It is suggested that the crisis will intensify in the twenty-first century with an increasing availability of these medicines.
Publisher: American Society on Aging
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
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Is there an 'anti-aging' medicine?
Article Abstract:
The credibility of anti-aging medicines is examined. The negative attitude about normal aging inculcated by the proponents of anti-aging medicines is also highlighted.
Publisher: American Society on Aging
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
Publication Name: Generations (San Francisco, California)
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0738-7806
Year: 2001
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Subjects list: Research, California, Longevity, Geriatric research
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